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Hand Wrought Nails

(1600-1900)

SHMC_S1C10_Handwrought

Archaeological Details

  • Date made

    1600-1900

  • Animals/objects

    Nail

  • Material

    Metal

  • Context

    778-1-10

  • Forms

    Complete

  • Techniques

    Hand wrought

    T-headed

Excavation Site

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Staten Island, Snug Harbor Cultural Center

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Part of Project

    • Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY (1987)

      August 1985

      A sheet midden deposited between 1845 and 1900 was uncovered in a natural depression to the west of the Matron's Cottage on the former grounds of Sailors' Snug Harbor, one of the first retirement homes in the United States ...

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    • SHMC_S1C9_BrownTransPrint_A

Part of Context

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